Notice Information
Notice Title
PURCH2300 PROVISION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY OF FINANCE RECRUITMENT SERVICES
Notice Description
AWARD OF PURCH2300 PROVISION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY OF FINANCE RECRUITMENT SERVICES
Lot Information
Lot 1: All recruitment services for operational financial roles of Grade 5 or below
AWARD OF PURCH2300 PROVISION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY OF FINANCE RECRUITMENT SERVICES. Lot 1: All recruitment services for operational financial roles of Grade 5 or below
Renewal: Period of 4 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
Lot 2: All recruitment services for professional financial roles of Grade 6 or aboveAWARD OF PURCH2300 PROVISION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY OF FINANCE RECRUITMENT SERVICES Lot 2: All recruitment services for professional financial roles of Grade 6 or above.
Renewal: Period of 4 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
Lot 3: All recruitment services for Procurement Roles within the UniversityAWARD OF PURCH2300 PROVISION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY OF FINANCE RECRUITMENT SERVICES Lot 3: All recruitment services for Procurement Roles within the University
Renewal: Period of 4 years with an option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049328
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008410-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
- Contact Name
- Cara Wright
- Contact Email
- cara.wright@glasgow.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1413306826
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G12 8QQ
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM82 Glasgow City
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Hillhead
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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